Comparison

Beehiiv vs Ghost

Overview

The all-in-one platform for newsletters, websites, and growth

beehiiv is a newsletter publishing platform for creators, publishers, and brands. It combines newsletter delivery, website publishing, monetization tools, analytics, automation, and audience growth features in one product.

Ghost

The world's most popular open source headless CMS

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Ghost is an open-source publishing platform for newsletters, memberships, and subscription content, combining CMS, email delivery, and payments in one focused tool.

Features

—Newsletter publishing
—Website builder
—Ad network
—A/B testing
—Analytics
—Workflow automation
—Subscriber segmentation
—Podcast support

—Content editor
—Newsletter publishing
—Membership subscriptions
—Paid tiers
—SEO tools
—Custom themes
—Native analytics
—Headless CMS API

Pricing

Beehiiv

freemiumFree plan availableNew accounts immediately receive a trial of the Scale or Max plan with no credit card required.

Plan	Price	Notes
Launch	Free	Free forever; up to 2,500 subscribers and unlimited email sends.
Scale	$43/mo	$517 billed annually; subscriber-tier pricing up to 100K subscribers.
Max	$96/mo	$1,151 billed annually; subscriber-tier pricing up to 100K subscribers.
Enterprise	Contact sales	Custom pricing for larger newsletter operations.

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Ghost

freemiumFree plan availableGhost(Pro) offers hosted trials, while Ghost’s open-source self-hosted software remains available separately at no license cost.

Plan	Price	Notes
Self-hosted Open Source	Free	Free software; infrastructure and operations are your responsibility.
Starter	$18/mo	Ghost(Pro) hosted plan billed yearly.
Publisher	$29/mo	Ghost(Pro) hosted plan billed yearly.
Business	$199/mo	Ghost(Pro) hosted plan billed yearly.
Custom	Contact sales	Custom hosted pricing.